Admin Team Meeting

September 10, 2012


1. Admin Team Meeting
  • Purpose - To comunicate, collaborate and share decision making at Millgrove School
  • Process - Meet every two weeks 3:15 -4:30
  • Members - Laura Mills,Caitlin Barker, Gail Wright, Cheryl Korte, Kelli Holden, Sharon Lundeen, Heather Orey, Brenda Stumbur, Gail Ferguson
  • Agenda items - Any staff member may add to the agenda - Process - ask your grade rep or Gail/Brenda to add your agenda item.

2. Calendar & Facility Booking
Process
  • Inside PSD school events calendar will be the official calendar. The calendar in the staff room is for visual purposes only. Any one may add to it but it's not a given that all Inside PSD events will be there.
  • Adding to - any event that involves joint use of the facility (ie - gym, foyer, staff room, kitchen...) must be brought up at Admin Team to be approved.
  • booking of field trips - Consult Inside PSD calendar first. Do not ask for C.A.V.E. day times to change as parents expect the assembly to begin at 11:00 am. It is expected that all classes attend.
  • Get the Scoop - September 19th - G. Couros to speak - Blogging with students
  • Student Breakfast - September 20 & 21 - schedule to come
  • Terry Fox Run - September 28th in the afternoon 2:00 pm
  • C.A.V.E. - September 28, 2012
  • Photos - September 26/ 27
  • P/T Interviews & Report Card Dates - October 3 & 4, December 6, 2012
  • Check Inside PSD for more events
  • Community Kitchen - must be booked through Inside PSD - Millgrove and must go around Hot Lunch program.

3.Playground - Back Park - Because of the high enrollment, we need to limit the number of students on the back park.
  • Day 1 - Grade 1
  • Day 2- Grade 2
  • Day 3 - Grade 3
  • Day 4- Grade 4
  • Day 5 - Kindergarten

  • Front Park - Open to all grades at all times
  • Soccer Fields - Reinforce - areas of play - no mixing at any time - take your class out at gym and teach soccer rules, location and good sportsmanship

4. Teachers/EAs - Professional Development/Professional Growth Plan - Due September 30th - Gail
  • Align your goals with PSD goals and priorities.
  • Within your personal growth plan have a timeline of how your year will progress and what resources are needed.
  • EAs - template on Inside PSD
  • Teachers - A.T.A. Templates, Personal Reflection
5. Budget
  • Classroom budgets - Need vs. Want - Take a look at your classroom budgets and readjust - due Monday, September 17th
  • Photocopying - costs continue to rise. Discuss paperless alternatives
  • Capital budgets - tables/chairs - send Gail an e-mail if you haven't already on classroom needs
  • Laminating - what should be laminated?
  • Art Budget - Check with Lindsay to make sure you know what is being budgeted.
  • Phys. Ed - Nothing has been submitted. Do we need more phys. ed equipment?
  • Special Ed. - If you have a requirement for your class (visual timer, fidgets, cushions....) let Brenda S. know

6. IPP Writing & Support - October 22/ 23
  • Subs and schedule to come.
  • IPP Input sheets will be handed out before P/T interviews

7.Communication -It's important that we communicate and share our students' learning and successes with our parents.
  • Expectation - Every teacher will be involved in blogging this year whether through a grade level blog or a classroom blog -
  • Newsletter will be replaced by website and blogs
  • Parents who do not have access to computers will be able to get a paper copy of school events from the office
  • Blogs -can be read by all so frame the questions positively (i.e. What was the best activity in social today vs. what do you think about social studies?)
8. Technology
  • Technology agreement - does not currently cover Web 2.0, no photos, names - first names. FOIP - picture of their name, first name
  • Target - to have the Technology agreement ready for next week so all students will sign
  • PSD - individualizing the technology needs at each school
9.Office
  • Staffing - Welcome to Toresa Reagan - receptionist/School Records- casual - 8:00 -4:00,
  • Donnalea Ferguson - Communications/ School Records
  • Heather - School Logic- Business/Finance
  • Please don't sent students down to the office first thing in the morning.
  • Forms - see e-mail sent
  • Keep office - "In the Loop"
  • New Visa - application on line
  • Grade Contact will be the Admin Team members

10. Cleaning
  • Keep up the great work!
  • Community Kitchen - Hot Lunch and Milk supplies are coming in on Monday, September 17th. It will be cleaned and cleaned out on Friday, September 14 after school.
  • Community Kitchen - Freezer and Fridge for Hot Lunch and Milk only - no staff items
  • Lost and Found - Last Friday of the month will be taken away, packed on the last Wednesday.

11. School Council
  • Teachers will be expected to come just once this year.
  • October - Topic - Annual Education Review Report/ Assessment & Reporting

12. Charity - Mary Sullivan (a former PSD teacher and principal)'s house was struck by lightning and burned completely down. Rod Strangway (assistant principal at MCHS) had set up a trust account for Mary. Staff may go to any ATB and make a deposit into the trust account set up for Mary. For more informa:tion call Rod Strangway ph. # 780-892-3077
or rstrangway@psd70.ab.ca

13. For Staff
  • Birthdays - A cake will be provided at the end of each month to celebrate all the birthdays for that month.


Next meeting - September 24 @ 3:15 - All staff are welcome to attend.